Lectins and pathology : an overview / Michel Caron and Annie-Pierre Sève --; Carrier-immobilized carbohydrate ligands : design of the lectin-detecting tools and their clinical applications with focus on histopathology / Hans-J. Gabius [and others] --; Lectins, microglia and Alzheimer's disease / Paolo Zatta and Pamela Zambenedetti --; Role of galectin-3 in inflammation / Fu-Tong Liu --; The role of galectin-3 in tumor metastasis / Pratima Nangia-Makker [and others] --; Laminin-binding lectins during cancer invasion and metastasis / Frédéric A. van den Brûle and Vincent Castronovo --; Lectins as diagnostic tools and endogenous targets in AIDS and prion diseases / Heinz C. Schröder, Werner E.G. Müller and John M.S. Forrest --; Protein-carbohydrate interactions in the attachment of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli to the intestinal mucosa / Edilbert Van Driessche, Françoise De Cupere and Sonia Beeckmans --; Lectin-carbohydrate interactions in bacterial pathogenesis / Michèle Mouricout and Bruno Védrine --; Lectin-mediated interaction of parasites and host cells / Najma Bhat and Honorine D. Ward.